Hame-fastener



(N0 Mdel.)

W. H. TILLOU.

HAME FASTENER.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENRY TILLOU, OF LE BOY, NEW YORK.

HAM E-FASTENER.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 342,547, dated May 25,1886.

Applicatio n filed March 1B, 1886. Seria1 N0. 195,739. (N0 model.)

0f the same, reference being hu.d t0 Lhe drawings accompanying thisapplic-ution.

My improv.ement relates L0 hat; dass of hmue-IasLeners in which compoundlevers provided with hooks are pivoted togther, Lhe

hooks engaging with the loops 011 he ends of he hames und Ehe hamesbeing tightened by crossing the levers und closing them together. Suchdevices are already known.

The invenbion consists in the combination, wibh Ehe levers const-ibutingEhe haxne-fastener, of a pointed stud 011 the hook of one 0f the leversand a eurved spring on one of the other levers arranged to seoure Ehelevers togetaher when closed and hold them in position as hereinaftermore fullydeseribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation 0f a horse-collar with myimprovement applied hereto. Fig. 2 is an eularged frout; view of thefastener in the open position. Fig. 3 is a similar view 0f he Same inthe closed position.

In the drawings, A, B, and C represent three levers, which, togetherwith a link, D, constitube the fastening devices. The tawo levers AB arepivoted together ab the iuner end, a.s shown ab a, so tha they can bestretched wide open, as shown in Fig. 2, 01 can be cl0sed t ogetherfamce t0 t'ace, as shown in Fig. 3. The 1ever 0 is a straight: barwhichis pivoted ab b t0 the under lever, B, back of Ehe pivob a. The levers Aand C have hooks c d am their outer ends f0r engaging wibh the hames.The 1ever G is preferably made wibh an extension in the rear beyond itspivob provided with pivob-h0les f f, whereby the fasisening may belengthened 0r shortened a any time no fit; different hames. The link Dis provided ab 0ne end with an eye or 100p, y, bhat: engages wibh thehook d, and ab the other end wilah a hook, h, thnt; engages wibh theloop ot' thehameS, said link D forming an extra attachment t0 bhefastener.

The back, 7c, of the lever A is bowed 01 curved upward some distanceabove Ehe pivoh a, and its inner end is carried some distance below seidpivot-, as sh0wn in Fig. 3, so thab when the fastening is closed andsbrain is applied the seid curved pzub k will beaxup againstthe rim ofohe ccllar, while Ehe dimetion otsbrain will come above the pivot; a.audthus the fastening is made self-tightening.

On the outer f-ace of the hook e is am pointed stud, m, and 0x1 the reurend 0t' lever B is %L flat spring, n, which is curved upward und turnedoutward, as sho wn in Fig. 3, and is provided with a hole, which, whenthe leverS A B are closed together,catches automatically over the studand. holds bhe levers t-ogether. The spring is 0f such shape that thedownward tendency nf nhe 1ever B will only dmw Ehe spring tighter 011the stand, but by throwing the spring 01113 bodily by the finge1 theycan be readily disengaged.

This invention is applicable hoth 130 driving and working harness, hat;more especially to the latter.

Having described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

In a hame-faslener eonsisting of 'ohe jointed WILLIAM HENRY IILLOU.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY H. FALKNER, EDWARD W. VAN ALLEN.

